Most of yesterday was spent inwards the sewing room. I dear a adept rainy day, don't you? With outdoor activities curtailed for the season, there's plenty of fourth dimension for fooling roughly alongside fabric. The projection I alluded to yesterday's postal service was this lilliputian angel, made from a vintage clothespin. She took almost one-half an hour.
Here's how she looks from the back.
This was made from a kit I picked upwardly when nosotros visited a quilt store inwards Summerville, South Carolina, merely almost a yr ago. My exclusively comment almost this lilliputian angel is her clothing should last to a greater extent than total hence that it ruffles a lilliputian bit...at least, that's what I think. I was form of curious, as well as hence I went inwards search of the spider web log postal service I wrote almost this shop called People, Places & Quilts. Here is the display they had inwards their shop.
In my post, I said I was hence taken alongside their lilliputian angels that I bought a kit to brand some of my own, as well as I bought some other bundle of clothespins inwards illustration iii angels weren't enough.
So, that was form of fun. I'd similar to endeavour again, exclusively last less skimpy alongside the textile inwards the dress...maybe clothing her upwardly a lilliputian fleck fancier past times using some Christmas scraps. (And why the scraps inwards the lilliputian kit I purchased aren't to a greater extent than Christmassy is a mystery.)
After that, I got a bee inwards my bonnet to issue all the lilliputian Christmas quilts I've made. I hung the Gingerbread Village from terminal summertime over the breakfast bar. The lilliputian tabular array topper yous run across at that topographic point was a gift from my friend Marei.
On our larger dining room table, I issue some other tabular array topper. That was from a Let's Book It projection several years back, as well as it was the commencement quilt I quilted on Eliza.
My tension was off, as well as hence looking at the dorsum is non allowed. Nevertheless, I was happy alongside how the holly berries quilted into the edge turned out.
This side past times side lilliputian wall hanging was made for ane of the Project Quilting challenges. Theme for the calendar week was "A Well Dressed Man."
Oh yes, as well as this lilliputian patchwork Santa. I can't fifty-fifty recollect where I institute this pattern, but at that topographic point was a snowman version equally well. He came equally a kit, as well as he was form of fun to make.
And as well as hence at that topographic point are these ii guys. You mightiness recollect when I felted the guy on the right. The ane on the left was made past times my talented friend Carol from high school. She makes as well as sells these hand-carved pieces nether the scream of Whittler's Mother on Facebook. If yous await carefully at this ane she made for me, it includes Smitty as well as Gracie at the bottom.
And Santa is belongings a quilt I made...this ane that hangs downstairs, called Oh Christmas Tree. Carol as well as I swapped handmade gifts when I made a babe quilt for her commencement grandson.
Also, downstairs, the stockings are hung past times the chimney alongside care...although at that topographic point is no chimney since it's a gas fireplace. The ii on the left are Smitty's as well as Sadie's. The ane on the correct is Matthew's. My sister-in-law picked it upwardly at a arts and crafts fair many years ago. When Matthew is to a greater extent than settled, I'll top it along to him. Erik as well as Mae claimed their stockings several years agone when they bought their house.
So, there's no tree yet. That volition guide maintain to hold off for merely a bit. But I nevertheless had fourth dimension left inwards the day, as well as hence I decided to drib everything as well as brand a Quilts for Kids quilt. You tin read to a greater extent than almost Quilts for Kids at that link I gave you. Basically, they're donated to kids facing serious illness, injury, or trauma. I've wanted to practise to a greater extent than of these quilts. I made ane presently afterwards nosotros got dorsum from our trip from some what-was-I-thinking Chinese zodiac textile taking upwardly infinite inwards my stash. It turned out to last perfect for a Quilts for Kids quilt, as well as hence I'll merely leave of absence on a limb as well as nation that's what I was thinking.
So instantly I'm looking to honour a way to role a lot of juvenile textile that ended upwardly inwards my stash. As I've said before, I'm a sucker for sock monkeys. This was ane of the real commencement fabrics I purchased when I started quilting 10 years ago. I kept thinking an chance would acquaint itself as well as I'd brand a quilt from this. And, well, I justice the fourth dimension is now. So, I started cutting strips for this earlier I watch to accept a picture...
And, equally I mentioned, I am a sucker for sock monkeys, as well as hence I guide maintain several iterations of sock monkey textile inwards my stash. I guide maintain the bananas pictured below alongside both a white as well as cerise background. And as well as hence my friend Sher gifted me alongside those sock monkeys inwards infinite a few years ago. (Thank you, Sher.)
Also, I guide maintain scraps of this fabric...
It'll brand a peachy edge textile for this quilt. It was used equally a backing when I finished Hello Luna a few years ago.
So, I cutting all the strips for this novel quilt yesterday, as well as I had the four-patches sewn together when I quit for the day.
Just for grins, I set them out, as well as I'll start sewing them together today.
Oh, as well as lightheaded me...
You don't genuinely think we'll leave of absence these hither similar this, practise you? Kitties loathe order.
Oh, wow, Smitty! Look what Mom did! We're gonna guide maintain us some fun now.
Okay, Sadie...you start over there, as well as I'll start correct here.
Before they went to work, I had merely a few seconds to lay out the ii borders as well as larn an watch how this volition await when it's finished. I think I guide maintain plenty of the cerise textile for the back. If not, there's ever the banana textile alongside the cerise background. Heck, I mightiness fifty-fifty determine to role that instead.
This quilt volition last called "Going Bananas," as well as I should guide maintain plenty fourth dimension to run upwardly the whole top together today. I similar this item designing for Quilts for Kids because it goes together fast, as well as it uses a adept fleck of fabric. There are several gratis patterns, including this one, on the Quilts for Kids website.
So that's where I'll alternative upwardly alongside my sewing today. Right now, I guide maintain ii kitties dull through me alongside their eyes. They haven't had whatever kitty treats for all of v minutes, as well as they are pawsitively starving to death.